How are diamonds created in the laboratory?
There are two ways to get diamonds in the laboratory:
HPHT is a method that uses high pressure and temperature. Three types of press layout are used - a belt press, a cube press and a press with a split sphere. The latter is considered the most perfect to date. It was developed by Russian scientists in 1989-1991.
CVD stands for chemical vapor deposition. In this method, diamond grows by depositing carbon onto a seed of a hydrogen-carbon gas mixture. Unlike the HPHT method, it does not require high pressure.